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Policy Tip Sheet – Academic Drug Detailing
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -In this policy tip from Heartland, a report is highlighted about the pharmaceutical industry known as academic drug detailing. -
Research & Commentary: HHS Final Exchange Rules
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As states have been debating whether to implement a health insurance exchange, a key deterrent has been that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had released only draft rules. -
- Taxes
- Law
- Regulation
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- Health Care
- FIRE
- Economy
- Government Spending
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The Leaflet – Supreme Court Edition
Publication -The Leaflet -In what has been one of the most anticipated cases in decades, the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was argued before the Supreme Court of the United States earlier this week. -
Research & Commentary: The Obamacare Individual Mandate
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The most heavily debated element of President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is the constitutionality of the individual health insurance mandate, which requires every citizen, with few exceptions, to purchase health -
Research & Commentary: PPACA and Medicaid Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires states to expand Medicaid eligibility to all individuals whose income is less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level. -
Research & Commentary: The Dangers of a Single-Payer Health System
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A common proposal for remedying the increasing cost of health care in the United States has been the call for a single-payer health care system. -
Research & Commentary: Ohio Health Insurance Exchange
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Uncertainty over the future of the federal health care law has led many states, including Ohio, to avoid implementation of health insurance exchanges. Recently state Sen. -
- Taxes
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- FIRE
- Health Care
- Economy
- Government Spending
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The Leaflet – The State of the States
Publication -The Leaflet -This week was President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, and in many states the governors’ State of the State addresses. The main focus remains rebooting the economy. -
Research & Commentary: Health Insurance Exchange Sunset Clauses
Publication -Research and Commentaries -States are becoming increasingly hesitant about complying with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) by implementing a health insurance exchange. -
Policy Tip Sheet: Medicaid Expansion
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -In this policy tip from Heartland, the author notes that in the wake of the U.S. -
Research & Commentary: Colorado Health Insurance Exchange
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Though several states have rejected federal funding for health insurance exchanges required by President Barack Obama’s health care law, the state of Colorado has accepted an $18 million federal grant to begin implementation of an exchange. -
Research & Commentary: Colorado Health Insurance Exchange
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Though several states have rejected federal funding for health insurance exchanges required by President Barack Obama’s health care law, the state of Colorado has accepted an $18 million federal grant to begin implementation of an exchange. -
- Taxes
- Regulation
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- Health Care
- FIRE
- Economy
- Government Spending
- Technology
The Leaflet – Happy Holidays
Publication -The Leaflet -Happy holidays to everyone! As we get ready to ring in 2012 it gives us a chance to reflect upon 2011. For The Heartland Institute we had one of the best years yet. -
Research & Commentary: Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Despite criticism from state legislators, Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Department of Commerce have pushed forward with the establishment of a state-crafted health insurance exchange, opening exchange simulations to the public. -
Research & Commentary: Safe Chemicals Act of 2011
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On November 17, 2011, the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011, a bill designed to update the regulatory framework for hazardous -
- Taxes
- Regulation
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- Health Care
- FIRE
- Economy
- Government Spending
- Technology
The Leaflet: Heartland Uncovers Shocking Medicare Wasteful Spending
Publication -The Leaflet -As you may already know, The Heartland Institute produces and sends out six monthly newspapers addressing the major domestic public policy issues to every national and state elected official in the U.S. -
- Taxes
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- FIRE
- Health Care
- Economy
- Government Spending
- Technology
The Leaflet – The Amazon tax goes to Congress
Publication -The Leaflet -I hope everyone had a fun- and food-filled Thanksgiving! This week, I and a few other Heartland staffers are attending the American Legislative Exchange Council’s State’s and Nation’s Policy Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona. -
Research & Commentary: Accountable Care Organizations
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As states begin to estimate the price of implementing President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), one costly component of the law has yet to receive much-needed attention: accountable care organizations (ACOs). -
- Taxes
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- FIRE
- Health Care
- Technology
- Economy
- Government Spending
The Leaflet – Thanksgiving & Capitalism
Publication -The Leaflet -Before free markets were established, the colonists had nothing for which to be thankful. ... -
Research & Commentary: ‘Second Chance’ Health Insurance Exchange Partnerships
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Several state legislatures are declining to create the health insurance exchanges mandated by President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). -
- Government & Politics
- Taxes
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- Health Care
- FIRE
- Technology
- Government Spending
- Economy
The Leaflet – Mixed Election Results From States
Publication -Research and Commentaries -This week was election week for lawmakers in Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia. In Virginia power in the state senate for Republicans hinges on a slim 226 vote lead in the 17th district. -
- Taxes
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- Health Care
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- Technology
- Government Spending
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The Leaflet – Learning From Massachusetts’ Exchange
Publication -The Leaflet -Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Leaflet, a weekly policy roundup produced for lawmakers by The Heartland Institute’s government relations department. -
Research & Commentary: State Chemicals of Concern Lists
Publication -Research and Commentaries -At least eight states have implemented de facto regulations on chemicals they deem “hazardous” by creating “chemicals of concern” lists. -
Research & Commentary: Lessons from Massachusetts and Utah Insurance Exchanges
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As states await a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA) individual mandate, most are debating whether to craft a state health insurance exchange.